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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wichita, KS

June 9, 2023Saline County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this special weather statement at Jun 9, 2023, 10:10 PM CDT for Saline County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2023, 10:10 PM CDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2023, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Hail
0.25 in
Wind
40

County Saline County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2023-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

383 
WWUS83 KICT 100310
SPSICT

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
1010 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
 
KSZ049-100400-
Saline KS-
1010 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Saline County through
1100 PM CDT...

At 1010 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles south of Bennington to 6 miles north of
Marquette. Movement was east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Salina, Assaria, Gypsum, Brookville, Smolan, New Cambria, Falun,
Glendale, Bridgeport, Salina Airport and Kipp.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 135 between Mile Markers 78 and 95.
 Interstate 70 between Mile Markers 236 and 266.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3893 9737 3893 9738 3892 9738 3891 9737
      3861 9737 3862 9792 3895 9792 3896 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 272DEG 22KT 3895 9762 3865 9784 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

KETCHAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wichita, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua42 min
Jun 9, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman31 min
Jun 9, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua57 min
Jun 9, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton, Russell52 min
Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTKingman50 min
Jun 9, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTBarton58 min
Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery56 min
Jun 9, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTEllsworth, Rice50 min
Jun 9, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno28 min
Jun 9, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLincoln42 min
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline30 min
Jun 9, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTReno, Rice42 min
Jun 9, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson28 min
Jun 9, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMarion65 min
Jun 10, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMcPherson48 min
Jun 10, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper48 min
Jun 10, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTHarper54 min
Jun 10, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick21 min
Jun 10, 1:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick, Sumner62 min
Jun 10, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTSedgwick63 min
Jun 10, 2:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTButler57 min
Jun 10, 3:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTCowley60 min
Jun 10, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTChautauqua, Elk72 min
Jun 10, 4:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTMontgomery, Wilson77 min
Jun 10, 5:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementICTLabette54 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.